Stafford v. MTL, Inc.

*645OPINION OF THE COURT BY

LUM, C.J.

This court is compelled sua sponte to rule that the trial court violated our holding in Liu v. City & County, 63 Haw. 668, 634 P.2d 595 (1981), and abused its discretion in granting an interlocutory appeal after denying Appellant MTL, Inc.’s Motion for Summary Judgment. We therefore reverse and remand.

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Appellee Barbara Stafford, an employee of the State of Hawaii, was injured while boarding an MTL bus and subsequently filed a complaint against MTL for negligence. Because MTL’s insurer was thereafter declared insolvent, Hawaii Insurance Guaranty Association…